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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

No. 453,584. Patented June 2,1891.

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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW. TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

No. 453,584. Patented June 2, 1891.

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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW. TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

No. 453,584. Patented June 2,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS K. JOHNSON AND ABBOT AUGUSTUS LO W, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,584, dated June 2, 1891.

Original application filed September 22, 1887, Serial No. 250,460. Divided and this application filedNovember 13.1889. Serial No.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LoUIs KossUrH Joan- SON and ABBOT AUGUSTUS Low, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification sufiicient to enable others skilled in [O the art to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

Our improvements relate to the distributing by hand of the types into type-containing channels, in which they are arranged in prer 5 scribed positions with relation to each other for use in the setter.

In general design the main object is to effeet such an independence and interhangeability of parts that the apparatus may be so freely and conveniently modified and adapted to all possible conditions or requirements of practical use, to eman cipate it, as it were, from the fixed unyielding rules of construction heretofore used, and to enable the user to exercise his individual judgment or preference as to method or arrangement. To this end the type-containing channels are all supported independentlyin separate grooves. The typereceivers are independent and interchangeable.

There are several special features of construction involved in the vibratory pushers. They are connected when in place with a reciprocating rod extending transversely over 5 the tops of the containing-channels, and the means provided for such connection permit of their being adjusted longitudinally within the type-containing channels to conform to the positions of the respective type-receivers.

The pusher-bars may be said to be suspended loosely upon or from the reciprocating bar by means which permit of their instantaneous removal or adjustment, while their opposite ends enter the type-containin g channels vertically from above and rest upon the floors of the said channels. These pusher-heads are of peculiar shape also, their front or type surfaces extending upward to substantially the full length or height of the types, so as to insure a broad even bearing thereomand being inclined to the angle at which the typesdescend through the receiving-conduits, and are deposited thereby in the containing-channels. Instead of being made independently, if preferred the vibratory pushers may be connected 5 5 in series, so as to be removable and adjustable together.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated practical means for carryingout and giving effect to the essential features of our improvements, although we do not desire to confine ourselves strictly to the identical form and construction of parts shown, since it is obvious thatvarious modifications may be made without deviating materially from the spirit and intent of our invention.

The drawings show incidentally certain features of construction, which are shown and claimed in our concurrent application, Serial No. 250,460, filed September 22, 1887, of which the present application is a subdivision, and we confine ourselves herein exclusively to the special construction and arrangement of the type forwarders or pushers.

The features referred to as common to both applications, and herein specifically disclaimed, are those relating to the special construction of the type-receivers and type-channels.

Figure 1 is a plan illustrating the arrange- 8 ment of an apparatus embodying our improvements, a portion of the channel-bed being broken away; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section through one of the type-containing channels, typereceivers, &c., portions 8 5 of the apparatus being shown as broken away; Fig. 2), a longitudinal section through a portion of a type-containing channel and ad joining parts, showing a side elevation of one of the type-receivers and of one of the rego ciprocating pusher-heads; Fig. t, an end elevation of a series of pusher-heads united together; Fig. 5, a plan of the same.

The type-channel bed or table A is supported upon the frame or standard in the 5 usual manner.

Running lengthwise of the tableA are the type-channel grooves a, one or both of the parallel side walls a a of which extend up vertically adistance slightlygreater than the I00 height of the side Walls of the type-containing channels B.

The type-containing channels B are supported laterallyfrom above by means of rigid embracers or shoulder-pieces D D, which are attached to the bases or frames of the receivers.

The notches or recesses a are preferably arranged to coincide with each other in trans verse rows or series, as shown in Fig. 1," and a receiver E may thus be arranged in any position desired, either laterally or longitudinally, to act in conjunction with any one of the series of type-containing channels B. Thus they may be arranged in diagonal rows, as shown between 1 and 2, Fig. 1, or at any convenient orintermediate position, as indicated by the other holders in the said Fig. 1. In practice their arrangement diagonally is convenient, since it follows the natural movement of the right hand during distribution.

The positive pushers P are simply placed ina containing-channel and their shanks connected to the horizontally-reciprocating crossrod Q, which latter may be actuated by any convenient or desirable means, so well known and obvious that it is not deemed necessary to-illustrate them here.

The means for securing the pushers P to the reciprocating cross-rod Q may be varied; but for convenience and rapid adjustment thernethod shown in the drawings is desirable. The shanks p are formed upon their under sides with a series of notches 19', any of which will engage the cross-rod Q, and the degree of forward projection of the pusher P maybe thus varied to accommodate it to the position of a particular receiver E. It will beseen that the heads 19 of the pushers P arecomparatively large, and that their typebearing surfaces p are substantially typehigh, thus aifording a firm and substantial support for the types as they are being for- Warded.

If preferred, the pushers may be combined together in series, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In type-distributing apparatus substantially such as described, the combination of a series of type-containing channels, a series of movable type receivers, a reciprocating cross-bar, and a series of type-pushers which are adjustable upon the said reciprocating cross-bar, for the purpose and substantially in the manner described.

2. In type-distributing apparatus substantially such as described, the combination, with a type-containing channel, a movable typereceiver E, and a reciprocating crossbar, of a type-forwarder the shank of which is formed with a series of notches for engagement with the said reciprocating cross-bar, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. In type-distributing apparatus substantially suchas described, the combination, with a type-containing channel and with a movable type-receiver arranged in relationthereto, of pushing mechanism consisting of a horizontally reciprocating cross bar Q and a pusher P, having a head 19 projecting downward into the type-containing channel, and a shank 19 extending above the said channel and connected with the said reciprocating cross-bar Q, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS K. JOHNSON, ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOYV.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, WM. A. POLLOCK. 

